February 18, 2011

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Agenda - February 18, 2011

Essential Questions:

  1. What are the local, provincial, national and global trends and issues affecting education in Chinook's Edge?
  2. What is the CESD data from the Superintendent's visit telling us?

1. Opener - Welcome & Introductions (9:00 - 9:30)
  • Connect with your team!
  • Connecting to your inner child!

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Einstein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0


a) Placemat Exercise
  1. Reflect individually on Question 1: What message would you like brought back to the CESD Guiding Coalition?
  2. Update your individual responses on the placemat.
  3. Share your new data with your group.
  4. In the center of the placemat, record any new themes that emerged from the data.


2. Understanding the local, provincial, national and global trends and issues affecting education in Chinook's Edge (9:30 - 11:00)

a) Identifying Trends and Issues in Education

2006-2016 Map

"The Six Corners" Exercise (9:30 - 10:00)


1. The "Magic" Hat.
2. Go to your new group area.
3. With your new group, choose a Timer and Recorder.
4. Read the question assigned to your Driver of Change, and follow the horizontal path from your Driver of Change while you discuss your question.
5. Record your responses on the flip chart paper.
6. Tell Dot when you are done.

"The Gallery Walk" (10:00 - 10:30)

1. Visit each station and add your comments to their flip chart paper.
2. Dot will tell you when to change. (after 5 minutes)

Shift Happens

Break (10:30 - 10:45)


b) Guiding Coalition Data  (10:45 - 11:00)

What are the local, provincial, national and global trends and issues affecting education in Chinook's Edge?

Enter your data here.


 3. CESD Data Gathered by the Superintendent (11:00 - 12:00)
  • Analysis of Data
  • Analysis is used to identify overarching themes related to the questions that were discussed and the range of perspectives expressed by the participants.
  • Caution: you must record all themes...even those you don't like!

"Herding Data"


a) Analysis Process (11:00 - 12:00)


  1. Appoint one person to be the Recorder.
  2. Post your data on the wall in groups of five. Read your first group of five together.
  3. Using different coloured markers, identify commonly used words or phrases and similar concepts, to begin to colour-code themes in the data.
  4. As you are colour-coding, the Recorder will begin to capture on flip-chart paper, the themes that are emerging.
  5. Once you have finished the first set, ask Dot for the next set. Repeat this process.
  6. When you complete colour-coding the themes that are emerging from your data, review the flip-chart paper to add or consolidate the themes.

LUNCH (12:00 to 1 :00)

Education Today & Tomorrow

b) Themes (1:00 - 2:00)


  1. Create polished flip-charts recording your themes.
  2. Go back to your raw data.
    • On your raw data circle quotes that you feel really captured themes - you want us to pay attention to this quote.
    • On another flip-chart paper record any "outlying data" (important ideas that fall outside the emerging themes) that you think the group should consider.

Break (2:00 - 2:15)

c) Grouping Themes (2:15 - 2:45) - Purpose & Vision

  1. Bring your chart to front (starting with Purpose)
  2. Large group identification of broad themes (circle, square, triangle, star)
  3. Naming of broad themes


5. Wrap-Up (2:45 - 3:15)


a) Visioning Day - April 20 (Innisfail Legion Auditorium)
    • Role of the Guiding Coalition
    • Goal - revealing concepts and phrases that will form the basis of a revised mission and vision statement

b) May - Follow up
    • Final word-smithing
    • Vetting by the Guiding Coalition

c) Sharing the process with our special visitors